Jackson Will Join Knicks Front Office

By

Chris Herring

March 14, 2014 5:42 p.m. ET

GREENBURGH, N.Y.—After about a week of negotiations, Hall of Fame NBA coach Phil Jackson agreed on Friday to join the New York Knicks' front office. He will be introduced at a Tuesday morning press conference at Madison Square Garden.

The decision to bring the 68-year-old Jackson into the team's front office, possibly to oversee it, is a risky one, given that Jackson has no experience as an NBA executive. But his reputation as one of the great basketball minds of his generation—he won six championships as the coach of the...